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How many of us have adult difficult children we don't talk to?
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<blockquote data-quote="bertie" data-source="post: 178024" data-attributes="member: 965"><p>"I love him. But if I don't like him "</p><p></p><p>Yes, I can say the same thing about difficult child 2. </p><p></p><p>We have never gotten along - ever since she was born - literally - she wouldn't eat in the hospital, and we never got along after that. </p><p></p><p>She has always resented me because I couldn't handle her when her father and I divorced, and I had to eventually give him sole custody. She was SO difficult! And in those days, I knew basically nothing about parenting. She would stand at her bedroom window after I'd dropped her off and scream and cry as I drove off. The guilt I've felt about that has never left me, but I have always told myself that I did the best I could at the time.</p><p></p><p>Part of her problem is chemicals, but a major part is behavior. She once boasted that she was "the sneakiest person on earth". </p><p></p><p>Lisa, unless I'm taking this out of context - I have to gently disagree with your comment: "Sometimes the things we break can't ever be fixed" - do we really break them? My difficult child 2 was born with major problems. True, the parenting she received from her father and from me as a child was not the greatest, but I truly believe she was "born bad".....and as much as I've tried to make up for it in the past, she doesn't appreciate me or anything I have done for her. I am absolutely done - kaput - with her, but it no longer tears me up inside of think of it. It's just the way things are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bertie, post: 178024, member: 965"] "I love him. But if I don't like him " Yes, I can say the same thing about difficult child 2. We have never gotten along - ever since she was born - literally - she wouldn't eat in the hospital, and we never got along after that. She has always resented me because I couldn't handle her when her father and I divorced, and I had to eventually give him sole custody. She was SO difficult! And in those days, I knew basically nothing about parenting. She would stand at her bedroom window after I'd dropped her off and scream and cry as I drove off. The guilt I've felt about that has never left me, but I have always told myself that I did the best I could at the time. Part of her problem is chemicals, but a major part is behavior. She once boasted that she was "the sneakiest person on earth". Lisa, unless I'm taking this out of context - I have to gently disagree with your comment: "Sometimes the things we break can't ever be fixed" - do we really break them? My difficult child 2 was born with major problems. True, the parenting she received from her father and from me as a child was not the greatest, but I truly believe she was "born bad".....and as much as I've tried to make up for it in the past, she doesn't appreciate me or anything I have done for her. I am absolutely done - kaput - with her, but it no longer tears me up inside of think of it. It's just the way things are. [/QUOTE]
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